Senior Lead eSoftware Engineer - KDB, Q Language

JPMorgan Chase; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 171,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Lead Software Engineer, where you will enhance and deliver innovative technology products. This role involves leading a dynamic team to develop secure, scalable solutions using KDB and Q Language, while influencing product design and application functionality. With a focus on continuous improvement and agile methodologies, you will tackle diverse challenges and drive significant business impact. The company offers a competitive rewards package and a commitment to diversity and inclusion, making it an exciting place to advance your career.

Benefits

Comprehensive health care coverage

On-site health and wellness centers

Retirement savings plan

Backup childcare

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Financial coaching

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on KDB and Q Language.
• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, and operational stability.

Responsibilities

• Lead software solutions and technical troubleshooting for high-quality production code.
• Drive decisions that influence product design and application functionality.

Skills

KDB

Q Language

AWS

Python

C++

Java

Education

Bachelor in Computer Science

Master in Computer Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead eSoftware Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Commercial & Investment Bank in Markets Technology,, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

**Job responsibilities**

+ Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.

+ Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors

+ Doing secure high quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others.

+ Lead team members via book of work management. Improve team through SDLC, testing and continuous improvement of coding standards.

+ Doing core development and delivery of KDB based systems, including framework development.

+ Develops scalable real-time processing solutions using Agile methodology.

+ Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others

+ Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes

+ Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus

+ Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle

+ Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies

**Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills**

+ Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.

+ Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability

+ Advanced in one or more programming language(s) KDB, Q Language

+ Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)

+ Deep understanding of KDB technology and Q language. Solid professional experience using KDB with atleast 2 yrs as lead.

+ Deep understanding of KDB+tick design and data organization, performance implication of different approaches.

+ Practical experience developing/running large datasets and optimizing query performance.

+ Practical experience scaling and load-balancing of KDB applications. Practical experience building resilient and high-availability KDB applications.

+ Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight

+ Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

**Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills**

AWS Experience

Experience in Terraform and Kubernetes from managing a Production Plant in Public Cloud.

Experience in other language e.g. Python/C/C++/Java

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

**Base Pay/Salary**

Jersey City,NJ $171,000.00 - $260,000.00 / year